| Title |
Kasdienis miglotas cinizmas / |
| Translation of Title |
Everyday obscure cynicism. |
| Authors |
Gutauskas, Mintautas |
| DOI |
10.15388/Relig.2011.0.2755 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Religija ir kultūra / Vilniaus universitetas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 8, p. 37-51.. ISSN 1822-4539 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Cynicism ; Everydayness ; Unmasking |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with the structures of contemporary everyday cynicism. It discusses the question of relevant approach to the cynicism as well. Historical and structural aspects are invoked in the analysis of cynicism. The investigation of historical aspect shows that cynical reduction of culture into nature and unmasking in the form of joke can be derived from the ancient Cynics, and the investigation of structural aspect, in turn, focuses on constitution of cynical realism. The author asserts that cynical realism is established in the perspective of two truths: the first truth is unrealistic nomos, the area of ideals and purposes, the second truth is purely realistic, that is to say, physis or reality which is constituted by means of reduction and unmasking. Closer examination of contemporary cynicism reveals that direct opposite of cynicism – the naivety – revived in contemporary everyday cynicism: contemporary cynic naively believes not in ideals or values and all that, but in procedure of unmasking itself. Finally, the analysis shows how the mocking cynicism turns into unhappy consciousness. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2011 |
| CC license |
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